Research and Program Manager, Disease Ecology in Changing

This position is fixed-term for two years with the possibility of extension based on funding availability and programmatic need.

This position is primarily based at the Stanford Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove, CA with consideration given to the option for a hybrid work schedule (partially onsite and offsite), subject to operational need. This position will also work at the Stanford main campus a few times per month.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa.

The Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability strives to create a future when humans and nature thrive in concert and in perpetuity. The school is made up of a three-part structure to drive global impact:
Our academic departments and programs educate students and create new knowledge across areas of research that are crucial for advancing the long‑term prosperity of the planet and people;
Institutes bridge scholarship at Stanford and beyond, bringing multiple viewpoints to bear on urgent challenges;
The Sustainability Accelerator drives new policy and technology solutions through a worldwide network of partners who work with our teams to develop solutions at a global scale. The school is dedicated to creating and supporting a community with the richness of experience and background needed to create solutions that benefit all people, particularly those most affected by environmental damage and climate change.

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The Disease Ecology in a Changing World (DECO) program is housed within the Center for Human and Planetary Health, which is based at the Woods Institute for the Environment and the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability – in close collaboration with the Stanford School of Medicine and the Center for Innovation in Global Health.

As Earth’s population grows, scientists are continually discovering new connections between a changing environment and human health, including the ecology of infectious diseases. DECO strategizes and conducts solutions-oriented research to support healthy ecosystems and healthy people. This includes studying the ecological, environmental, and socioeconomic drivers of diseases that are transmitted through the environment. DECO investigates where the diseases occur, how they spread, the role of climate and land-use change, and win‑win ecological solutions that can curb transmission, improve human health, and protect the health of the environment that underpins it.

Learn more about DECO and its three core research projects here.

This position will focus on working with DECO faculty leadership to advance a research program for DECO that bridges knowledge and action, scales solutions, and engages diverse stakeholders in generating new evidence and recommending solutions. The DECO Research and Program Manager must be able to independently contribute to the research required for DECO’s current cornerstone projects while identifying and recommending opportunities to advance the scope and scale of the DECO program.

In addition to conducting research, the incumbent will have the opportunity to lead program coordination and organization, fundraising and grant management efforts, and work to build strategic partnerships including within the Stanford disease ecology community.

The position reports to the Human and Planetary Health Managing Director, Allison Phillips, with faculty research supervision from DECO Co‑Leads Drs. Erin Mordecai (Biology Department) and Giulio De Leo (Oceans and ESS Departments), and in partnership with Dr. Desiree LaBeaud (Pediatrics, School of Medicine). This is a fantastic opportunity for an adaptable and team‑oriented early‑career researcher with a PhD in disease ecology or a related field who is looking for experience building a complex, interdisciplinary, solutions‑oriented research program in an academic environment.

• Leading and managing multidisciplinary teams across different disciplines or schools, and external research…